Miss Witch Doesn't Want to be a Diva

"My Sea Dragon advanced in rank." Shui Yanqing gently lifted a finger, placing a deep blue chess piece down, which transformed into a sea blue dragon soaring through the sky on the projection board. In an instant, a large area was submerged, turning into a water domain.

"Ha, I'm not afraid, the Dragon Witch uses the High Rank Divination Ceremony and sets the era name as the Year of the Ice Phoenix Soaring." A gust of cold wind blew by, turning the vast water area into an ice field. As several Phoenix Birds on Audrey's side ascended and fluttered, they advanced to become High Rank Ice Crystal Phoenixes.

The battle continued, with four other songstresses surrounding the two, watching as they manipulated the creatures on the board to fight fiercely. Until finally, Audrey was left with just one Arctic Long-Haired Pig, which slowly moved its short legs step by step into Shui Yanqing's base camp, achieving victory.

"Won."

"Just a little bit off, if Shui Yanqing's last tidal wave had covered the corner square where the Long-Haired Pig was, it would have been a draw."

"Audrey had a bit of good luck."

"What, luck is also a form of strength," Audrey protested.

Afterwards, the group laughed as they got up and walked together to the restaurant in the airship, dining together under the warm lighting.

...

The next day, the airship landed on 'Moon-Comb Island' in the Sixth String Area 2. The island resembled a crescent moon, with a circle of white, gentle beach on the inside and forest covering the middle, reminiscent of a comb when viewed from above.

The seawater formed a line in the distance, then surged forward, splashing onto the shore and soaking the sand.

Several songstress girls in swimsuits walked hand in hand on the beach, chatting about recent amusing events. Among them, Audrey carried a swan-headed swimming ring, and Blanchi had a lemon-yellow skirt-edged one.

When the six walked together barefoot, the height differences became noticeably apparent.

Ores was the tallest, followed closely by Audrey, then Tilan and Blanchi, with Shui Yanqing next, and Prin at the end. As for physique, Ores was the most voluptuous, followed by Audrey, then Shui Yanqing, and then Blanchi and Tilan, with Prin being almost flat.

In terms of swimsuits, Ores was slightly conservative, wearing a white one-piece swimsuit with an open back, accentuating her graceful curves and toned legs. Audrey wore a light blue two-piece swimsuit, but a light gauze wrapped around her chest. Shui Yanqing also wore a one-piece, light pink at the top, transitioning to a foam-dot-graduated white below.

Tilan rarely wore a black two-piece swimsuit this time, her long hair tied in a ponytail contrasting sharply with her immaculate skin. Her figure was slender and had a healthy, slightly innocent beauty. Beside her was Blanchi, in a lemon-yellow two-piece swimsuit matching her swimming ring, with similar height and build, though Blanchi had chestnut-golden hair and slightly tanned snow-white skin.

Prin stood at the edge of the group, wearing a black and red one-piece swimsuit. Without her usual attire and cloak to conceal them, her somewhat inadequate curves were revealed, leaving her a bit unhappy.

Overall, Ores and Audrey could be referred to as the slightly mature young lady group, Shui Yanqing was in the transitional phase toward maturity, Tilan and Blanchi belonged to the teenage group, and while calling Prin the child group was a bit much, it was the closest description.

Reaching the seaside, they first tried the water, then began to swim. Among them, Ores had the best and most adept swimming style, as for Shui Yanqing, it should rather be termed 'water activity.'

Swimming, by nature, is a skill developed by creatures that don't naturally live in or dive in the water. Hence, calling a fish or whale that lives in water swimming is somewhat inappropriate.

Shui Yanqing's long light blue hair became semi-transparent in the water, as if half-melted, delicate strands interweaving. She swam underwater without closing her eyes, not even needing to breathe, moving agilely and resembling the supple form of fish species.

The advantage of the Light Scale race merging with the Mermaid allowed her to naturally excel at underwater activities. Within a few minutes of entering the water, she reached the ocean's depths, picking up attractive shells and conchs, then resurfaced to share them with the others.

"Strange, Audrey doesn't seem to swim well." Blanchi was curious seeing Audrey on the swan swimming ring.

"Didn't you say before you were a descendant of the Phoenix Hong Hu? I remember Hong Hu has a lot to do with water, right?"

"There are many mystic arts and texts related to water, but they're generally about summoning rain, rainfall, water vapor, etc. After all, a phoenix is a creature of the sky, not of the sea, completely different." Audrey spread her hands in explanation.

"Tilan, is she right?" Blanchi turned to ask the girl floating beside her.

Tilan thought for a moment and nodded slightly, "Though it's a bit embarrassing for Hong Hu not to swim, her explanation is correct. In mythology, Hong Hu is more a divine bird and auspicious sign related to rainfall, which isn't quite related to sea waves."

"See, I told you." Audrey nodded vigorously, continuing to say being a White Swan living on the water surface, not underwater, was perfectly normal.

After swimming for a while, Ores turned back and pulled Tilan to swim further.

"I'll teach Tilan to swim." She seemed to discover her rare advantage.

"Uh, I actually don't need to learn so well." Though Tilan wasn't afraid of water, she wasn't enthusiastic about swimming either, even less wanting to choke on water while being dragged by Ores.

"Wow, Tilan does have moments of reluctance." Ores, seeing Tilan's awkward rejection, found it particularly interesting, then pulled her to swim a bit more.

"Alright, I'll just hold onto Tilan while swimming."

Watching them drift further away, Blanchi and Audrey softly discussed.

"Ores is sticking to Tilan again."

"Probably to make up for the regret of being separated during the prior competition, where they had to fight in the end."

"Or maybe she thinks after the fight, Ores wants to express goodwill and restore a close relationship."

"Tilan probably didn't take it to heart."

"But Ores doesn't care about these, does what she wants."

While chatting, Audrey suddenly curiously asked Blanchi.

"I remember you struggled in your fight against Ores, why didn't it seem to affect you after the match?"

"Ah, that, although it was a miserable defeat, being a newcomer, I only feel a bit sorry for the members who fought hard for me. I don't harbor any ill will towards Ores personally." Blanchi explained.

"Even Shui Yanqing got along with Prin normally later, Prin even gifted her a small gift."

Hearing this, Audrey shifted her focus, "Why do you call Shui Yanqing 'sister' but just Tilan by her name, never Hexia?"

"That's because Shui Yanqing is more mature and composed than me, and indeed older. As for Tilan, we're about the same, regularly together, calling her 'sister' would feel a bit distant." Blanchi thought and replied.

"What about me, why not call me 'Sister Audrey' or 'Sister Feng Jianchang'?" Audrey floated on the ring beside Blanchi, her white long hair draped on her back, part of it swaying in the water.

"Probably because Audrey has a slightly lively disposition, unlike the steady Shui Yanqing 'sister'?" Blanchi responded.

"Ores is like that too; despite not being young and having a great figure, her character is child-like."

"Hmm, though not incorrect, something seems off."

"Oh right, I almost forgot, what do you think of Prin?" Audrey queried curiously.

"Prin... perhaps should be called 'sister' too, but Prin looks too petite." Saying this, Blanchi carefully turned her head to see Prin swimming afar, relaxing as she spoke.

"Haha, if Prin hears that, she'd surely whack you." Audrey giggled, her body lightly trembling uncontrollably.

The sea breeze blew through, and in the brilliant afternoon sunshine, the songstress girls enjoyed a rare leisurely and relaxing time on the cool sandy beach.